The Third Degree - Middle School Update

THE THIRD DEGREE

MIDDLE SCHOOL UPDATE

If you are one of my newer visitors, let me take a minute to get you caught up. I started sixth grade, which is middle school in my district, in late August. I made THIS blog post all about it asking for advice.

Here is some of the great advice y‘all gave me.

Be nice to everyone.

Be yourself.

Be a good friend.

Go with the flow.

Have fun.

Since we are half-way through the school year, I thought it was the perfect time for an update.

On the academic front, I am doing great with my grades. All A’s. My classes are all challenging because they are accelerated – but that’s also what makes them fun. In language arts, we are making movies. (Remember my Best Screenplay Oscar win last year?) In science, we just finished a project where we created an alien with made-up body systems. That one was particularly difficult because it was a group assignment. In math, we spent some time on algebra, metrics, angles, ratios, and proportions. I am in a group with FIVE boys (including two mysterious new boys). Finally, in history, I did a big report on Israel and then we studied the middle ages.

Probably the only bad thing would be the homework. My gosh, sometimes it is reasonable, but other times it is way too much. That happens when they all have projects and tests going on at the same time. Homework overload! I have become an expert juggler. Plus, homework cuts into my reading time and we all know that makes me sad.

On the social side, I am so happy and relieved to have my best friends in my classes. There is a group of about six of us girls who have class together, eat lunch together, and beg the teacher to put us in groups together. We have all been in classes together since fourth grade, so we have gotten to be very close.

Guess what? Middle school is not much like it is portrayed in books – at least not from what I’ve seen. There is no Queen Bee, no clique of mean girls, no crazy teachers, no girls swooning over the boys (at least not in sixth grade), and no paranormal creatures lurking around the school.  

Guess what else? The things I worried about the most, getting to class on time and opening the lock on my locker, turned out to be non-issues. I am often the first one to class and my lock is super easy to open.

Overall, I would give my middle school experience an A (or is that 5 Stars?).